Arts
Agency staff left stranded at airport during floods, boss censured
"Significant failings" by senior managers of a national arts development agency when staff were stranded at the flooded Auckland airport in January has led to the Creative NZ head being censured.
Tim Bray talks Roald Dahl's The Twits tour in Auckland
The Twits by Roald Dahl, is the new performance hitting theatres all across the Auckland region from September to October. Aotearoa's leading children's theatre company formed by Tim Bray is excited… Audio
Hypercinema: The AI art installation which lets you be the hero
A pop-up theatre has launched in Auckland which allows guests to see themselves as the star of the show, with the help of articicual intelligence. Participants at Hypercinema have photos taken of… Audio
The TAHI 14th September 2023
On today’s show, Waimirirangi teaches us some te reo Māori slang! Music video extrodainre Connor Prichard joins So'omālō to chat about his first short film, Evie catches up with Lucy from Dick Move to… Audio
Screentime: Painkillers, One Piece and 9-5ers
Film and TV correspondent Laumata Lauano Audio
Atomic concerts, the best of NZ women in rock
Some of New Zealand's best women in rock are putting on an electric concert to pay tribute to the musicians who paved the way for them in the industry. Gin Wigmore catches up with Jesse to tell us… Audio
Black Barn's Walk of Wonders back, better, brighter than ever
Hawke's Bay Black Barn Vineyards is again hosting the spectacular Walk of Wonders light and fire festival this month. Creative director Ant van Dorsten says visitors will experience a unique and… Audio
New exhibition explores our love and connection to the ocean
A new exhibition at the New Zealand Maritime Museum celebrates our connection to Moana Oceania also known as the Pacific Ocean. Always Song in the Water features works from over 40 accomplished… Audio
Fifty best films: The Battle of Algiers
Gillo Pontecorvo’s gritty account of Algeria’s historic battle for independence is still electric viewing more than 50 years on, according to Dan Slevin. Video
The TAHI 12th September 2023
On todays episode, we celebrate the beginning of Te wiki o te Reo Māori with in depth Te Ao Māori journalist Ella Stewart. Evie catches up with pop sensation Luca George, and the team ponder what… Audio
Sarah Goodes on directing the psychological thriller 'Switzerland'
Patricia Highsmith was the brilliant, but notoriously prickly best-selling author of many psychological thrillers - including Strangers on a Train - adapted for screen most famously by Alfred… Audio
Television Critic: Linda Burgess
Today Linda speaks to Jesse about season 3 of Star Struck and a look at the private lives of the successful reality TV presenters out of the UK. Audio
Fifty best films: Barry Lyndon
Dan Slevin has made it to the three films rated as equal-45th in the Sight & Sound list of the greatest films of all time and the big-hitters have arrived. Video
Replica stockade businessman's personal 'folly'
A Taranaki businessman and arts patron is putting the finishing touches to a life-sized replica of the Ōmata Stockade on the outskirts of New Plymouth.
Built in 1860, the original military defence… Audio
Sarah Peirce: Bringing the thriller Switzerland to the stage
Sarah Peirse is best known for her screen roles as Kate in Rain and Pauline Parker's mother, Honora, in Heavenly Creatures. She reprises her role as the formidable American writer, Patricia Highsmith… Audio
The TAHI 7th September 2023
On the pod today we continue our Tongan Language Week Celebrations, Evie shares her hidden talent of insulting people with compliments, So'omālō catches up with Atarangi, and Waimirirangi sits down… Audio
Rolling Stones release first new music in 18 years
The Rolling Stones released a new single, Angry, overnight.
80-year-old Mick Jagger and his bandmates appeared with US talk show host Jimmy Fallon at the Hackney Empire Theatre in East London to… Audio
Rolling Stones release new single
The Rolling Stones have unveiled their first new music in eighteen years.
The single is from their new album Hackney Diamond which will be released in October.
It will be the band's first album… Audio
Bookmarks with Dr Kerryn Palmer
For Bookmarks this week we talk Dr Kerryn Palmer. She's not a medical doctor but rather has a PhD in devising theatre for and with young people. Audio
Podcast Critic: Jemima Huston
Today Jemima talks to Susie about Hoaxed, a podcast that looks into claims of a satanic cult operating in the UK following shocking claims from two school children in 2014. She's also been listening… Audio
